Learn about the state's five most destructive hurricanes and how to prepare for the next one. Peek inside a simulation of a hurricane and its storm surge.

1. WRAL Stormtracker 2008 special

   A special about hurricane preparation and the most destructive storms to affect the state.

   1. Aug. 1, 2008
2. WRAL Stormtracker animates a storm surge

   WRAL's Greg Fishel shows you how a hurricane's storm surge threatens the beach and coastal homes in this animation.

   1. Jul. 31, 2008
3. WRAL Stormtracker goes inside a hurricane

   WRAL's Greg Fishel shows you how a hurricane forms in this animation.

   1. Jul. 31, 2008
4. Count down N.C.'s five most destructive hurricanes

   The damage and deaths wreaked by these storms in the past 60 years has become legendary in North Carolina's history.

   1. Jul. 31, 2008
5. Hurricane experience guides storm preparation

   Experience should teach North Carolinians that hurricanes can reach far inland, even to the Triangle. But many are complacent about that threat, state and non profit officials say.

   1. Jul. 31, 2008
6. Get ready before a hurricane strikes

   Learn what to put in your hurricane-survival kit, what to do around the house before the storm and how to survive afterwards.

   1. Jul. 31, 2008
7. Insure your house against the storm

   Hurricanes have come inland, flooding and toppling trees into homes. If it happened again, would you be insured?

   1. Jul. 31, 2008
8. Troopers: Turn around, don't drown

   Most hurricane deaths and injuries occur after the storm, when people head out onto flooded roads to check out the damage.

   1. Jul. 31, 2008
9. Town raises homes up after seven hurricanes in 15 years

   Hurricanes often push the Pungo River over its banks and into the streets and homes of a small Beaufort County town. So residents either had to move out or move up.

   1. Jul. 31, 2008
10. Sandbag sites being evaluated on coast

    The Division of Coastal Management is ranking sandbag sites that need to be cleaned up, which will have some coastal homeowners being notified to remove their protective sandbags.

    1. Jul. 25, 2008
11. Wind tunnel speeds along hurricane research

    Research done in a wind tunnel at Clemson University might help your home survive the next hurricane.

    1. Jul. 31, 2008
12. Hurricanes feed environmental fears about hog lagoons

    North Carolina has more than 3,000 hog lagoons. Opponents say the lagoons foul up the air and water supply. In protest, they started a 51-hour vigil Tuesday to raise awareness about what they say is an environmental disaster waiting to happen.

    1. Aug. 1, 2008